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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Grenada
    n 1: an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern
         Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British
         Commonwealth

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Grenada

   Introduction Grenada
   --------------------
                            Background: One of the smallest independent
                                        countries in the western hemisphere,
                                        Grenada was seized by a Marxist
                                        military council on 19 October 1983.
                                        Six days later the island was
                                        invaded by US forces and those of
                                        six other Caribbean nations, which
                                        quickly captured the ringleaders and
                                        their hundreds of Cuban advisers.
                                        Free elections were reinstituted the
                                        following year.
  
   Geography Grenada
   -----------------
                              Location: Caribbean, island between the
                                        Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean,
                                        north of Trinidad and Tobago
                Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W
                        Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
                                  Area: total: 344 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 344 sq km
                    Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 121 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast
                                        trade winds
                               Terrain: volcanic in origin with central
                                        mountains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Mount Saint Catherine
                                        840 m
                     Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater
                                        harbors
                              Land use: arable land: 5.88%
                                        permanent crops: 26.47%
                                        other: 67.65% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt;
                                        hurricane season lasts from June to
                                        November
          Environment - current issues: NA
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: the administration of the islands of
                                        the Grenadines group is divided
                                        between Saint Vincent and the
                                        Grenadines and Grenada
  
   People Grenada
   --------------
                            Population: 89,211 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.9% (male 16,213;
                                        female 15,863)
                                        15-64 years: 60.3% (male 28,460;
                                        female 25,307)
                                        65 years and over: 3.8% (male 1,546;
                                        female 1,822) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.02% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 23.05 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -15.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.08 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.52 years
                                        female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 62.74 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s)
                                        adjective: Grenadian
                         Ethnic groups: black 82%, mixed black and European
                                        13%, European and East Indian 5% ,
                                        and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%,
                                        other Protestant 33.2%
                             Languages: English (official), French patois
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 98%
                                        male: 98%
                                        female: 98% (1970 est.)
  
   Government Grenada
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Grenada
                       Government type: constitutional monarchy with
                                        Westminster-style parliament
                               Capital: Saint George's
              Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*;
                                        Carriacou and Petit Martinique*,
                                        Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint
                                        George, Saint John, Saint Mark,
                                        Saint Patrick
                          Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
                          Constitution: 19 December 1973
                          Legal system: based on English common law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II
                                        (since 6 February 1952), represented
                                        by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS
                                        (since 9 August 1996)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        governor general on the advice of
                                        the prime minister
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; governor general
                                        appointed by the monarch; prime
                                        minister appointed by the governor
                                        general from among the members of
                                        the House of Assembly
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the
                                        Senate (a 13-member body, 10
                                        appointed by the government and
                                        three by the leader of the
                                        opposition) and the House of
                                        Representatives (15 seats; members
                                        are elected by popular vote to serve
                                        five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held on 18 January
                                        1999 (next to be held by NA October
                                        2004)
                                        election results: House of
                                        Representatives - percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - NNP
                                        14, GULP 1
                       Judicial branch: West Indies Associate States Supreme
                                        Court (an associate judge resides in
                                        Grenada)
         Political parties and leaders: Grenada United Labor Party or GULP
                                        [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National
                                        Democratic Congress or NDC [leader
                                        vacant]; New National Party or NNP
                                        [George McGUIRE]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-
                         participation: 77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
                                        IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber),
                                        ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL,
                                        OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Denis
                                        G. ANTOINE
                                        consulate(s) general: New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561
                                        chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20009
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: the ambassador to
                                    US: Barbados is accredited to Grenada;
                                        Charge d'Affairs Nadia TONGOUR
                                        embassy: Point Salines, Saint
                                        George's
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint
                                        George's, Grenada, West Indies
                                        telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173
                                        through 1176
                                        FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820
                      Flag description: a rectangle divided diagonally into
                                        yellow triangles (top and bottom)
                                        and green triangles (hoist side and
                                        outer side), with a red border
                                        around the flag; there are seven
                                        yellow, five-pointed stars with
                                        three centered in the top red
                                        border, three centered in the bottom
                                        red border, and one on a red disk
                                        superimposed at the center of the
                                        flag; there is also a symbolic
                                        nutmeg pod on the hoist-side
                                        triangle (Grenada is the world's
                                        second-largest producer of nutmeg,
                                        after Indonesia); the seven stars
                                        represent the seven administrative
                                        divisions
  
   Economy Grenada
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Despite government steadying of
                                        annual economic growth in recent
                                        years through progress in fiscal
                                        reform and prudent macroeconomic
                                        management, a downturn in tourist
                                        arrivals in 2001 threatens
                                        government spending in 2002. Grenada
                                        relies on tourism as its main source
                                        of foreign exchange, although it
                                        also supports a small agriculture
                                        sector and a developing offshore
                                        financial industry. Short-term
                                        concerns include a rising fiscal
                                        deficit and the deterioration in the
                                        external account balance.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $424
                                        million (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 6.5% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,750
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.7%
                                        industry: 23.9%
                                        services: 68.4% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 42,300 (1996)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 62%, agriculture 24%,
                                        industry 14% (1999 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 11.5% (1999)
                                Budget: revenues: $85.8 million
                                        expenditures: $102.1 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $28 million (1997)
                            Industries: food and beverages, textiles, light
                                        assembly operations, tourism,
                                        construction
     Industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 110 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 102.3 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace,
                                        citrus, avocados, root crops,
                                        sugarcane, corn, vegetables
                               Exports: $78 million (2000 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and
                                        vegetables, clothing, mace
                    Exports - partners: Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%,
                                        Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
                               Imports: $270 million (2000 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: food, manufactured goods, machinery,
                                        chemicals, fuel (1989)
                    Imports - partners: US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%,
                                        Japan 7.1% (1991)
                       Debt - external: $196 million (2000)
              Economic aid - recipient: $8.3 million (1995)
                              Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
                         Currency code: XCD
                        Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar
                                        - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Grenada
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 27,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 976 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: automatic,
                                        islandwide telephone system
                                        domestic: interisland VHF and UHF
                                        radiotelephone links
                                        international: new SHF
                                        radiotelephone links to Trinidad and
                                        Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and
                                        UHF radio links to Trinidad
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 57,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
                           Televisions: 33,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .gd
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 14 (2000)
                        Internet users: 4,100 (2001)
  
   Transportation Grenada
   ----------------------
                                         Railways: 0 km
                                         Highways: total: 1,040 km
                                                   paved: 638 km
                                                   unpaved: 402 km (1996)
                                        Waterways: none
                                Ports and harbors: Grenville, Saint George's
                                  Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                                         Airports: 3 (2001)
                    Airports - with paved runways: total: 3
                                                   2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                                   1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                                   under 914 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Grenada
   ----------------
                       Military branches: Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast
                                          Guard
   Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA
       Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                     GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Grenada
   ----------------------------
                 Disputes - international: none
                            Illicit drugs: small-scale cannabis cultivation;
                                           lesser transshipment point for
                                           marijuana and cocaine to US
  
                                       



3. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Grenada -- U.S. County in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    23263
   Housing Units (2000): 9973
   Land area (2000):     421.792214 sq. miles (1092.436773 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    27.584635 sq. miles (71.443874 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    449.376849 sq. miles (1163.880647 sq. km)
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             33.775041 N, 89.803446 W
   Headwords:
    Grenada
    Grenada, MS
    Grenada County
    Grenada County, MS


4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Grenada, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
   Population (2000):    351
   Housing Units (2000): 146
   Land area (2000):     0.481311 sq. miles (1.246590 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.481311 sq. miles (1.246590 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            31246
   Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
   Location:             41.644438 N, 122.522768 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     96038
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Grenada, CA
    Grenada


5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Grenada, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    14879
   Housing Units (2000): 6210
   Land area (2000):     29.951952 sq. miles (77.575197 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.013069 sq. miles (0.033848 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    29.965021 sq. miles (77.609045 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            29460
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             33.775080 N, 89.808768 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     38901
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Grenada, MS
    Grenada


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